I'm not going to lie…I was actually pretty shocked to find a fan fiction section for "7 Billion Needles". Any who, I recently picked up the series and have come to adore it…so here is a little derpy short story. I doubt this will exceed a chapter, but let us see how it goes.

The last thing Hikaru expected was to be the host for a plasma-state being that was living in her blood stream. Then again, she didn't expect for the ordeal of being vaporized by a crashing meteor. Despite the fact that Horizon had gone over the facts of what was occurring and what his purpose was, she still couldn't wrap her mind around it.

BRR BRR DEE BRR BRR DEE- SHHH KSHK

She hated this. She shook her head and momentarily removed her headphones. The fact that Horizon could tap into her ear drum's frequency and interrupt her thoughts was becoming quite annoying. What used to be her reclusive habit of listening to music alone could now be interrupted at any moment in time. The student didn't care for it, it made her feel as if she had no privacy any longer.

Hikaru trudged along the school hallways alone, aside from Horizon speaking to her in her head. "What do you want now?" she asked, her voice low to keep any others from listening in.

"Well-"

She cut him off, "Why are you even still here? Didn't we get rid of Maelstrom?"

"Well, yes…but I think you still need me." the being simply replied.

"Why?" she asked, her tone slightly annoyed, "I'm sure my arm is healed by this point, it has been ages." she gave it a small tug, trying to ensure that it was secure. It felt like it had reattached itself nicely, it no longer fell off with such ease any longer.

Horizon was silent for a moment, "Just…" he paused again, as if searching for the words to say, "Well, you know I still need a host to survive, besides, we can't be too safe about Maelstrom."

"You sound like a virus if anything…" she murmured, exiting the school building, "And didn't you say you defeated him? Shouldn't your mission be over?"

"Yes, it is." he replied, "But as I have repeated many times before, you still need me, and I still need you. It's a matter of survival. Besides, I am the one who revived you in the first place-"

"You shouldn't have come crashing into me in the first place!" she screamed in response, then paused, looking around at the other students staring at her.

"What a freak." "Who is that anyways?" "I heard she was weird…" All of the phrases flooded her mind. Hikaru searched for anywhere to look and all she could find was to stare at her own feet. Each child's words dug deeper into her mind, drilling into the raw emotions that she had locked away.

Hikaru forcibly placed her headphones back on her ears and turned the music as loud as she could before she took off in a random direction.

BRR DEE DEE BRR BRR DA

The girl tried to hold in her emotions as she darted home, straight into her Aunt's house. She didn't speak to anyone or care to listen. Hikaru went straight into the bathroom and began to water. She held herself over the bathtub, watching as her reflection grew closer to her in the rising water.

She began to cry.

Her salty tears hit the water in loud plops, wetting her cheeks as she slid to the ground, sitting there in a ball of her own emotions.

"Hikaru are you-"

"Get out of my head!" she screamed, throwing her headphones to the ground in a fit.

"But Hikaru, I-"

"No! I want you to go away! LEAVE ME ALONE!" she demanded, standing up abruptly.

"…" Horizon was silent.

SHH KSHK SHHHHK

And then there was forever a silence.

I lied. I will make another mini chapter because I actually like this.